La proved too much for the manHe couldn't make it, so he's leaving a life he's come to knowHe said he's going back to find what's left of his worldThe world he left behind not so long ago

He's leaving on that midnight train to GeorgiaSaid he's going back to find a simpler place and timeI'll be with him on that midnight train to GeorgiaI'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine

He kept dreaming that some day he would be a starBut he sure found out the hard wayThat dreams don't always come trueSo he pawned all his hopes and even sold his old carFor a one way ticket back to the life he once knewOh yes he did, he said he would

He's leaving on that midnight train to GeorgiaSaid he's going back to find a simpler place and timeI'm gonna be with him on that midnight train to GeorgiaI'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine

World, world, it's his and her's aloneHe's leaving on the midnight train to GeorgiaSaid he's going back to find a simpler place and timeI've got to be with him on that midnight train to GeorgiaI'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine